Parties ax handled in presidential elections with coattails into the house and senate have to undergo what in business parlance and pyschobabble parlance is second order change.  The old rules do not work, so they have to redo the entire playbook.  The same goes for the democrats, frankly,… Read full post »

Halloween generally brings back fond memories.  This year triggered all sorts of them.  My older kids toured the community in which I live largely via car as we went from neighborhood to neighborhood having a few yuks with friends.  

My youngest, 11, experienced Halloween in a very rur… Read full post »

Traditional information distribution industries undergo an economic transformation with incredible hidden costs to the consumers.  Newspapers crumble as that for which they charged in hardcopy gets distributed electronically for considerably less, if for anything at all.  Consumers see the… Read full post »

I created a twitter account today.  Seems odd to establish a mechanism by which people can absorb my errant thoughts.  Errant thoughts I equate to sounds that might be made from a BB rattling around in a tuna fish can.  Every once in a while the BB-sized idea gets moving and… Read full post »

A year long effort at losing weight through exercise, food moderation, and, well, smoking again, has yielded great results.  The results have been so good, a few people who have not seen me in a while have looked at me with rather alarmed looks and asked me if I am sick.… Read full post »

Local talk radio in Massachusetts prattles on in the background about the decision by the Board of Selectman in Amherst, Massachusetts put a resolution onto their Special Town Meeting to invite two Guantanamo Bay detainees into their community.

It is not cast in stone, as the Town Meeting has to vote… Read full post »

I managed to catch the tail end of the Denver/San Diego Monday night game given my new found curiosity in the Denver Broncos.  I flicked it on with about 6 minutes to go in the fourth quarter with Denver ahead 27 to 23 and with San Diego driving.

On the Denver… Read full post »

Yeah, you read the title right.  Super Markets tempt alcoholics.  Well, the one's who sell beer, anyway, and also have a reasonable selection of non alcoholic beer.

(I know. Some folks think it unwise for boozers to play with fire with fake booze.  I get that.  It seems to work fo… Read full post »

Mary has graciously given me absolution on the remainder of the bet.  It's a good thing, as I was running out of ideas almost as fast as I was running out of interested readers.  Just goes to show the real interest level around the Denver Broncos.

 So Brandon Meriweather and gentle… Read full post »

This post comes easy.  I had a lot of respect for John Elway.  I dimly recall there being some controversy around his not wanting to go to the Baltimore Colts in 1983 when he was the first… Read full post »

Josh McDaniels traded Jay Cutler to the Chicago bears for Kyle Orton and three draft picks.  Denver got Chicago’s first and third round pi/… Read full post »

As folks know, Mary -- excuse me, Mary T. Kelly -- and I had a friendly bet on the Denver/New England game.   Sports rivalry and the surrounding banter is fun:

So while trying to come up with a post today, I figured this exchange would amuse. 

I am… Read full post »

Well the Denver Broncos/New England Patriots Game has come and gone, with Denver winning by a field goal in overtime, never relinquishing the ball.

I lost the bet, damn it.

Still, it was a fun game to watch.  In fact, it went the way most New England games typically go, albeit… Read full post »

I am admittedly confused by Barack Obama receiving the Nobel Peace prize so soon in his administration when so little has changed other than our rhetoric.  Iraq wages on.  Afghanistan is playing out like the movie Groundhog Day only the role of Bill Murray, previously played by the USS… Read full post »

 OK, the first bet losing post is up here.

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I know.  You clicked on this thinking I was going to go all Dr.-Amy-Hate on Mary's behind, didn't you?

 I'm going to be worse.  I'm going all Football-Fan-HATE on Mary's behind. &n… Read full post »

The show has telegraphed for a while that it is 1963 and the wedding of Sterling's daughter the day after the JFK assassination was laid out early in the season.

 This week had little to do with the office and lots to do with relationships, being set in the dog days… Read full post »

My 11 year-old daughter, my late in life baby and only girl out of four, has her first school-run dance tonight.  I hope she will be able to hear the music over the whirring of the helicopter parents chaperoning said dance, but I know she will be safe in the community… Read full post »

The recent announcement that auto industry magnate Roger Penske was backing off an agreement to buy the Saturn brand from GM puzzles me.  It had me wondering about plant capacity utilization (Look at Federal Reserve data here and go to page 11.) as well as Saturn market share… Read full post »

The bike seat has to be one of the more painful devices known to MAN.  A skinny little thing on which you place all your weight and the point at which you place all your weight happens to be a part of the male anatomy on which many men place all… Read full post »

An annual Harris Poll of 2,681 US adults listed the following top 15 favorite TV dads:

1. Cliff Huxtable of "The Cosby Show"

2. Ward Cleaver of "Leave It to Beaver"

3. Jim Anderson of "Father Knows Best"

4. Andy Taylor of "The Andy Griffith Show"

5. Ozzie Nelson of "The… Read full post »

Ever have one of those senior moments?  You know, looking for sunglasses on top of your head?  Or how about looking for keys whose ring is slipped around your finger and jingling unheard as if to say, "Hey, MORON, we're right here!"

I misplaced a certified letter notification.  In a ne… Read full post »

Economists have long looked at housing starts -- or the number of new homes being constructed -- as an early indicator of the way in which the economy is headed.  Home building sucks in lots of different products and services.  Carpenters, obviously, but then earth movers who may or may not… Read full post »

Yesterday I put up a humorous hit piece on Lady Gaga based on wardrobe and her desire to walk down the runway at the MTV Music Awards with a "jungle animal" on a leash here.  That post received a much coveted EP around these parts and generated some interesting comments.

Several folks… Read full post »

The on-line news features did it to me again.  An article titled “You Won’t Believe What Lady Gaga Wore” got me to click on the link.  Who needs to worry about health care matters when some C list wannabee comes up with some odd costume to garner the attention her singing… Read full post »

Owning New England Patriots’ season tickets since 1993, I try to avoid going to night games as much as possible.  The crowd is drunker and rowdier, and I do not usually get home until 2:30 am.  Sober or otherwise, it’s not a lot of fun.  With a season ticket waiting list… Read full post »